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(Voting Period) I stand in firm negation of the resolution. As my opponent is affirmative, the burden of proof lies on him/her. I will allow my opponent to speak first. To clarify the debate I offer the following definitions:
Late term abortion-Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy, done in the late stages of pregnancy.
Moral-of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
If you accept this debate, you agree to use these definitions. Good luck to whoever accepts!http://www.debate.org/debates/Late-term-abortion-is-morally-correct-in-every-situation/1/comments/2009-04-16T14:28:08-08:00Marijuana Should NOT Be Legalizedhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Marijuana-Should-NOT-Be-Legalized/1/
(Voting Period) The legalization of marijuana, either for medical purposes or otherwise, is entirely unjustifiable. Marijuana only suits one significant purpose, other than the feel good effects of use, and that is as a pain killer "medication." This is reason enough for advocates in favor of legalization to use as justification for the legalization for medical purposes, at least. I view this argument as more of an excuse for legalization than a legitimate concern. Marijuana isn't the only pain killer on the market, after all, nor is it by any means the most effective.
If it is reasonable to legalize marijuana on the basis that it is an effective pain killer, it would follow that the legalization of cocaine would be even more necessary as cocaine, it could be argued, has a more effective numbing effect than medical marijuana. Legalization of marijuana could induce a chain effect of similarly constructed arguments in favor of legalization for a variety of different potent dhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Marijuana-Should-NOT-Be-Legalized/1/comments/2007-12-19T07:27:06-08:00People with AIDS should be shot into the space.http://www.debate.org/debates/People-with-AIDS-should-be-shot-into-the-space./1/
(Voting Period) First, I'd like to ask that people vote off of better argumentation, rather than what they personally believe think, even if the PRO seems a bit totalitarian.
AIDS is a big epidemic, yet we still have no cure. So, what is the best way to eliminate the disease? Complete eradication.
Contentions:
1.) By shooting people with AIDS into the space, we will almost completely get rid off the disease. Of course, it will still lurk in the dark corners and such, but for the most part, people will no longer have to live in fear. Of course, we'll have to figure out who has AIDS first, so we'll have to test everyone for AIDS. Those who turn up positive will be shot up straight into space. Then, they need to stay clean for five years, at which point everyone will be tested again. This method keeps the AIDS epidemic to a minimum, thsus keeping society much more efficient.
2.) Since any cure is a long way off, it is cost-effective to build a series of simple rocket shhttp://www.debate.org/debates/People-with-AIDS-should-be-shot-into-the-space./1/comments/2008-04-17T16:53:43-08:00Circumsicion is necessary and ethical.http://www.debate.org/debates/Circumsicion-is-necessary-and-ethical./1/
(Voting Period) I believe that circumcision is genital mutilation. It has been shown that it is an effective way to prevent certain diseases, but proper hygiene is just as effective. So this then leads me to ask why take away a male's foreskin before he is even allowed to make the decision himself? He will never know what it was like to have those nerve endings, never know what it's like to have a non-mutilated penis.
Circumcision on males does not create impotence, so what is the matter with having a few less nerve endings. My point is this: a woman can still get pregnant without having to feel pleasure. Should we take off every woman's clitoris when she is born? Obviously, a much different debate is being generated in that statement, but it should be compared to this, because as I started off my argument, I believe this is genital mutilation, and a complete disregard for an individual's opinion when it comes to their own body.
I didn't ask for my foreskin to be taken ohttp://www.debate.org/debates/Circumsicion-is-necessary-and-ethical./1/comments/2007-12-13T08:14:30-08:00Poop has DNAhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Poop-has-DNA/1/
(Post Voting Period) I'll argue that poop has DNA, Con obviously debates it does not. First round acceptance only.http://www.debate.org/debates/Poop-has-DNA/1/comments/2012-02-27T21:03:11-08:00Pro-Life, The only way to ensure innocent lives are not lost.http://www.debate.org/debates/ProLife-The-only-way-to-ensure-innocent-lives-are-not-lost/1/
(Voting Period) Gonovice, In this debate I wish to show you through facts that abortion is both wrong and should be illegal. While I understand this is a heated debate that causes many tempers to flare, I ask that you use facts to back up your opinions.
Contrary to popular belief, many scientific text books and scientist claim that life begins at conception. The baby is not created in the womb but develop. Did you know all major organ systems are created within the first 3 weeks? We know that a heartbeat can be heard within the first 21 days of conception. Does a heartbeat not signify a Life? Even after a baby leaves a womb it is still developing. Within the first 40 days measurable brain waves appear. In todays hospitals brain waves are used to determine if a person is still alive, not heartbeats. So if we were to use this method to determine Life in the womb, the majority of abortions would be done away with. (78% occur after brain waves appear)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwhttp://www.debate.org/debates/ProLife-The-only-way-to-ensure-innocent-lives-are-not-lost/1/comments/2007-12-01T16:21:51-08:00Pro-Choicehttp://www.debate.org/debates/ProChoice/1/
(Voting Period) Pro-choice is defined as an ethical view that believes woman should be allowed complete control over their pregnancies and reproductive rights. Woman should be allowed the right to have control over their body's, and although many pro-life supporters considers a fetus to be a human life that is not so. If a legal abortion has taken place then the fetus is not considered a legal human life.
In terms of religious ethics in Christianity the bible claims that a fetus is not equal to a life. The woman is considered a human life, and if she is murdered, then the murder will also be killed [then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth]. However is the fetus is 'murdered' then the man in charge of the death will only be fines [strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined] not an eye for eye, etc. so a fetus is not considered a life. Only will the child in questiohttp://www.debate.org/debates/ProChoice/1/comments/2007-11-28T18:00:08-08:00Marijuana is good for you. Periodhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Marijuana-is-good-for-you.-Period/1/
(Voting Period) When I hear things about how marijuana contains more tar than a cigarette or that marijuana is a gateway drug because it takes aways special inhibitors in your brain that are supposed to instictivly make you not do drugs.
Marijuana is an all natural plant and helps the body and mind.Researchs show that in study where the same chemical in marijauna was given to rats and it showed a rapid production of cells in the brain.As apposed to cocaine or other drugs off the "big list".
Last but not least The goverment knows marijuana is good, obviously why they give it to critical patients who have the worst diseses', but the reason the make it illegal is because they cant make and money off of its simplicity to grow. Tobacco isnt as easily grown, so people will buy it, but most people could just grow marijuana in their backyard or home if they wanted to.http://www.debate.org/debates/Marijuana-is-good-for-you.-Period/1/comments/2008-01-22T19:29:49-08:00Gays break the laws of nature.http://www.debate.org/debates/Gays-break-the-laws-of-nature./1/
(Voting Period) well simple for ever in every species male and female not male and male or female and female simple as that.http://www.debate.org/debates/Gays-break-the-laws-of-nature./1/comments/2008-01-17T00:10:13-08:00Abortion should be legalized.http://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion-should-be-legalized./1/
(Voting Period) Abortion should be legal, definitely. Ask a pro-lifer what their position represents - what is being a pro-lifer? They'll usually give you a definition of something along the lines of someone who believes that a fetus is a life, and the sanctity of life should not be compromised by legalizing a form of murder. Ask them further if they would take measures against death occurring. Would they, if they had the power, pass a legislation that would save more lives than not? If adhering to their position as pro-lifers, they should. At this point, the terms pro-lifer and pro-choicer would become synonymous, because any pro-lifer who is not a hypocrite, and wants to save lives as opposed to inflicting punishment will want to legalize abortion.
A study came out recently showing that rates of abortion occur in countries where abortion is legal and where it is not. (Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/world/12abortion.html?ex=1350187200&en=b8a170af9a900626&ei=5088http://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion-should-be-legalized./1/comments/2007-12-23T22:57:43-08:00Obese customers should pay more for flights.http://www.debate.org/debates/Obese-customers-should-pay-more-for-flights./1/
(Voting Period) With the rising price of gas and the growing costs of airfare, some airlines are starting to opt in programs that charge fees for passengers who are visibly over a certain weight.
The reason for this is simple:
1) Obese customers cost more to insure. Those who are obese are more prone to high-altitudes medical situations, thus airline insurance for such scenarios go up. Since they currently don't charge insurance based on individual fliers, it seems unfair to charge everyone for the lifestyle choices of a select few. This is greatly different from those who are medically unsound by nature, such as seniors, since except in VERY rare instances, being overweight is a choice people make.
2) Obese customers take up more room. The current trend in flight engineering is to maximize the seating space to have as many people sit comfortably as possible. When a customer is obviously taking up more than his or her chair space and has in fact occupied half of othhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Obese-customers-should-pay-more-for-flights./1/comments/2008-08-06T06:35:02-08:00why do u agree with abortions?http://www.debate.org/debates/why-do-u-agree-with-abortions/1/
(Voting Period) i am against abortions because u are taking away an unborns life away. and that should be against the law. cause it is like murder to a human. (con)http://www.debate.org/debates/why-do-u-agree-with-abortions/1/comments/2008-06-29T15:28:38-08:00Abortionhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion/28/
(Voting Period) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsknXsm2eHo
No nation devoted to individual liberty should force women back to the days of back-alley abortions. No women should have to bear a child against thier will. Free-will. That's what I stand for. No, no. That would be terrible, un-ethical and generally wrong. Women with free-will? God-forbid!
The fact is that women will always still desire to have an abortion, which some may follow through with. This will never end abortion. You have no control over that.
It is estimated near 1 million women saught for illegal abortions each year before Roe Vs Wade. Thats atleast 1 million babies. End of abortion? I think not! Thousands died, tens of thousands mutilated, forced to behave as if they were criminals.
A law making abortion illegal would make a law stating that all fetus' are superior to women.
Apparently women aren't as important to you as fetus' are. Good thing women don't have feelings, or you would be in thttp://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion/28/comments/2009-04-19T19:29:46-08:00The practice of circumcising babies should be discontinuedhttp://www.debate.org/debates/The-practice-of-circumcising-babies-should-be-discontinued/1/
(Voting Period) The lack of specificity of an agent in the resolution implies that people should all collectively discontinue the practice of circumcising small children; the resolution does not imply a state-mandated ban on the practice of circumcision.
My opponent should offer a brief introduction in round 1. Argumentation will begin in round 2.
==Definitions==
According to Princeton's Wordnet:
Circumcision means "surgical removal of the foreskin of males." [1]
Practice means "a customary way of operation." [2]
Discontinue means "put an end to . . . an activity." [3]
Baby means "a very young child (birth to 1 year)." [4]
==Citations==
[1] http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=circumcision
[2] http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=practice
[3] http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=discontinue
[4] http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=babyhttp://www.debate.org/debates/The-practice-of-circumcising-babies-should-be-discontinued/1/comments/2010-11-08T17:53:07-08:00Sex Ed.http://www.debate.org/debates/Sex-Ed./1/
(Voting Period) I am against sex ed. in schools cause I see no use for it...if someone wants to learn more on sex ed. let that be some class outside of school....mostly everyone in school is under 18 and there to learn about the typical subjects and not about sex.......if you teach them about sex they will take it as teachers telling them there old enough for it....just like drivers ed. When kids took drivers ed they knew that they was old enough to drive. Same thing with sex ed. It seems to be fine with calling Anyone under 18 a minor yet we want to ram sex down there through while there still in school! Jr High students are not adults!...High school student are not adults!...its one way or the other you eather lower the adult age or take sex ed. out........and by the way.....putting condom machines in the schools is basically telling the student (go ahead..have sex) whats the point?? are they going to put more sex items in school in the future?...Oh no there not trying to enhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Sex-Ed./1/comments/2009-05-11T17:10:47-08:00McDonald's can be harmful.http://www.debate.org/debates/McDonald-s-can-be-harmful./1/
(Voting Period) Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good (whenever you are reading this)
Thank you for accepting this debate.
My first point:
McDonald's kills animals for food. This in itself proves that McDonald's can be harmful because McDonald's is harmful to animals. No further argument is needed for this point.
My second point:
McDonald's is fattening. According to the McDonald's website, a cheeseburger alone has 6 grams of saturated fat. A ten-piece Chicken McNuggets has 1120 mg of sodium. And did you think those new McSkillet Burritos are any healthier, think again. 14 grams of saturated fat and 1470 milligrams of sodium. The nutrition facts speak for themselves.
My third point:
McDonald's is a fast food restaurant. Yes, they taste good, but they are not prepared well. Anything prepared quickly is not prepared well. The ingredients are not always fresh because they need to prepare the food in advance to serve the multitude of customers.
I await your acchttp://www.debate.org/debates/McDonald-s-can-be-harmful./1/comments/2008-01-08T07:44:04-08:00i'm probably one of top ten smartest persons in terms of iq on this sitehttp://www.debate.org/debates/i-m-probably-one-of-top-ten-smartest-persons-in-terms-of-iq-on-this-site/1/
(Voting Period) i'm probably one of the top ten smartest persons in terms of iq on this site
http://www.highiqsociety.org/
http://www.testriffic.com/iq/
i got a 142 on the first test, and a 147 on the second test
statistically, whichever iq test you compare to, that means i'm probably in the top 99.9 and given that there's a few over 3000 members, i'm at least probably in the top ten. probably the top five.
http://www.assessmentpsychology.com/iq.htmhttp://www.debate.org/debates/i-m-probably-one-of-top-ten-smartest-persons-in-terms-of-iq-on-this-site/1/comments/2008-02-26T15:53:30-08:00Animal Testinghttp://www.debate.org/debates/Animal-Testing/5/
(Voting Period) Animal testing is a cruel and should be abolished.
Apropos animal testing, what a deplorable procedure a vivisection is. Every year, tens of millions of animals are dissected, infected, injected, gassed, burned and blinded in hidden laboratories on college campuses and research facilities throughout the U.S.
Of course there are benefits, but why should innocent animals have to suffer? The answer is: an animal's life is considered less valuable than a human's. Why?
Animals veritably do not have a lesser capacity for pain then humans. Although it may sound anthropomorphic, animals can suffer emotionally. When an animal is separated from its young it grieves. Of course an animal can suffer pain. Most animals have the same pain sensory receptors that humans do.
So why are they considered less valuable than humans?
Animals don't have a voice and can't represent themselves in our society.
Because of that, they must accept whatever fate humans imposhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Animal-Testing/5/comments/2008-09-02T17:24:04-08:00Pizza Rocks My Worldhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Pizza-Rocks-My-World/1/
(Voting Period) Piza iz da bestest food! It iz amazin an it tasts good.
An asss me frend mynameisjonas wuld say, End O' Storieehttp://www.debate.org/debates/Pizza-Rocks-My-World/1/comments/2008-02-20T12:51:00-08:00Not getting children vaccinatedhttp://www.debate.org/debates/Not-getting-children-vaccinated/1/
(Voting Period) I am in awe and opposed to people not getting their children vaccinated. Not getting children vaccinated is why we are suddenly having outbreaks of diseases we haven't seen in years. Since vaccines have been found, we are living longer than we ever lived in the past. There is a reason for them. To not get your children vaccinated is irresponsible. I think it should be mandated that everyone get their children vaccinated. The only vaccination that I believe should still be up to a parent is the new HPV vaccine because it is new, cost money and is not neccessary until your child starts to have sex.http://www.debate.org/debates/Not-getting-children-vaccinated/1/comments/2007-12-12T14:47:19-08:00